How to Apply: Interested and qualified? Go to Mercy Corps on recruiting2.ultipro.com to apply.
Protection & Safeguarding in Border Security: What to Show
This role sits at the intersection of human rights, security, and community protection. Hiring managers will probe how you've operationalized safeguarding in high-risk environments, especially with law enforcement and vulnerable groups.
1. Lead with your risk analysis toolkit: Be ready to walk through a specific protection risk assessment you've led. Mention the frameworks you used (e.g., Do No Harm, PSEA) and how you translated findings into mitigation plans.
2. Show your GESI integration track record: Provide concrete examples of how you've ensured gender and social inclusion were not afterthoughts but embedded in program design and measurement. Quantify if possible.
3. Demonstrate border context savvy: Highlight any experience with cross-border dynamics, trafficking, or migration. Discuss how you navigated security actors while maintaining a survivor-centered approach.
4. Prepare for safeguarding scenario questions: Expect hypotheticals about a safeguarding incident. Outline your immediate response, reporting protocol, and how you'd support the survivor.
5. Emphasize partnership and capacity building: This role works with consortium partners and local actors. Share examples of how you've strengthened partner safeguarding practices, not just enforced compliance.
6. Know your data protection principles: Be ready to discuss how you've handled sensitive survivor data, ensuring privacy and confidentiality while enabling referrals and reporting.
7. Align with Mercy Corps' values: Familiarize yourself with their safeguarding core standards and integrity hotline. Show that you can operationalize these in a complex program.
8. Ask sharp questions: In your interview, ask about the current safeguarding challenges in the border program, how they measure GESI outcomes, and what the first 90 days would look like.